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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Al Stewart
Vocals
Al Perkins
Steel Guitar
Arthur Tripp, III
Percussion
Brian Huddy
Background Vocals
David Pack
Background Vocals
James Robert West
Background Vocals
Jeff Borgeson
Background Vocals
Krysia Kristianne
Background Vocals
Peter White
Guitar
Peter Wood
Keyboards
Phil Kenzie
Saxophone
Robin Lamble
Bass
Stuart Elliot
Drums
Tim Renwick
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Al Stewart
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Alan Parsons
Producer
Allen Zentz
Mastering Engineer
Luke O'Reilly
Producer
Lyrics
The wands of smoke are rising
From the walls of the Bastille
And through the streets of Paris
Runs a sense of the unreal
The Kings have all departed
Their servants are nowhere
We burned out all their mansions
In the name of Robespierre
And still we wait
To see the day begin
Our time is wasting in the wind
Wondering why
Wondering why, it echoes
Through the lonely palace of Versailles
Inside the midnight councils
The lamps are burning low
On you sit and talk all through the night
But there's just no place to go
And Bonaparte is coming
With his army from the South
Marat your days are numbered
And we live hand to mouth
While we wait
To see the day begin
Our time is wasting in the wind
Wondering why
Wondering why, it echoes
Through the lonely palace of Versailles
The ghost of revolution
Still prowls the Paris streets
Down all the restless centuries
It wonders incomplete
It speaks inside the cheap red wine
Of cafe summer nights
Its red and amber voices
Call the cars at traffic lights
Why do you wait
To see the day begin
Your time is wasting in the wind
Wondering why
Wondering why, it echoes
Through the lonely palace of Versailles
Wondering why, it echoes
Through the lonely palace of Versailles
Writer(s): Al Stewart
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